Comments on: Gewad apartment block by Atelier Vens Vanbelle features brick walls and a mirrored atriumhttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/14/gewad-apartment-block-atelier-vens-vanbelle-brick-atrium-mirror/
architecture and design magazineTue, 25 Oct 2016 20:35:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Sarahttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/14/gewad-apartment-block-atelier-vens-vanbelle-brick-atrium-mirror/#comment-1269738
Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:28:00 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=441943#comment-1269738I think it needs the mirror to reflect light deep enough into the central patio. Belgium does not have sun as strong or as often as Italy does, the patio in fact is not big enough to let light in right till the groundfloor [I think].
]]>By: Concerned Citizenhttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/14/gewad-apartment-block-atelier-vens-vanbelle-brick-atrium-mirror/#comment-1256854
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:09:00 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=441943#comment-1256854Pyramids and temples are not built for living, but rather as monuments. Do you have any apples to compare with the apples?
]]>By: urBhttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/14/gewad-apartment-block-atelier-vens-vanbelle-brick-atrium-mirror/#comment-1256844
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:41:00 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=441943#comment-1256844Make a hole to see the sky and get light. OK. Then cap it, then you don't see the sky, then make the cap a mirror, then see the sky again. I don't get some steps there.
]]>By: architecthttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/14/gewad-apartment-block-atelier-vens-vanbelle-brick-atrium-mirror/#comment-1264540
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:28:00 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=441943#comment-1264540Perhaps that's the difference between architecture and commercial building. Pyramids and temples weren't that efficient neither ;)
]]>By: Concerned Citizenhttps://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/14/gewad-apartment-block-atelier-vens-vanbelle-brick-atrium-mirror/#comment-1256828
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:01:00 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=441943#comment-1256828Roughly a third of each level is consumed in stairs- not very efficient.
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